Elevated nerve growth factor in dry eye associated with established contact lens wear

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 232-237

  Liu, Qiong ^a   McDermott, Alison M ^a   Miller, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve growth factor; Contact lens; Dry eye; Inflammation.

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DRY EYE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE TISSUE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; XEROPHTHALMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349118237     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181b3e87f     Document Type: Article

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